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Samantha Bee is officially leaving Comedy Central for TBS with her husband, fellow Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones. TBS is giving the veteran comedian her own comedy series to host where she will apply "her smart and satirical point of view to current and relevant issues,"...

Aziz Ansari's newest stand-up special Live At Madison Square Garden debuts at midnight tonight exclusively on Netflix. The Parks and Recreation star surprised fans on Twitter this morning when he tweeted the trailer to the special. Ansari recently sold out Madison Square Garden...

TruTV continues to step up its slate of comedy series with its first scripted show. Those Who Can't is a Denver-based sitcom starring Grawlix troupe comedians Ben Roy, Adam Cayton-Holland and Andrew Orvedahl. The trio play immature teachers at Denver's fictional Buchanan High...

NBC is jumping into the video streaming game later this year. The home of Saturday Night Live plans to launch a subscription-video service just for comedies. SNL recently launched its own app offering more than 300 hours of sketches from the show's 40 years. NBC has a wealth of...

Craig Ferguson is very busy despite his CBS departure two months ago. The former Late Late Show host will star in an ABC comedy pilot The King Of 7B. Ferguson plays Prentiss Porter, an agoraphobe who takes his first steps into the outside world in 11 years. Of course, as soon as...

The new Pee-wee Herman movie has a title and it has a plot. Pee-wee's Big Holiday will see Paul Reubens return as the titular character in a film produced by Judd Apatow. Reubens confirmed the sequel plans in October when he appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon....

The Daily Show departures continue to roll in. Jason Jones will leave the Comedy Central fake news show to star in a TBS sitcom. TBS has ordered 10 episodes of a family comedy series from Daily Show correspondents and awesomely-married couple Jason Jones and Samantha Bee.
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James Corden will host the legendary Tom Hanks as his first guest when the Scottish comic takes over The Late Late Show on CBS next month. Craig Ferguson has already and is plenty busy with other projects. Since his departure, CBS has had a slew of (male) guest hosts including...

Jon Stewart may be leaving The Daily Show later this year, but there's still plenty of time for the 52-year-old late night host to engage in a new on-air rivalry. During WWE's Monday Night Raw this past week, wrestler/actor-in-spandex Seth Rollins fired shots at The Daily Show...